THE BEGUILED, adapted by Sofia Coppola from Thomas Cullinan's novel of the same name, unfolds in a girls' school in the state of Virginia in 1864. As the Civil War rages, the Miss Martha Farnsworth Seminary for Young Ladies has been sheltered from the outside world—until the day a wounded Union soldier is discovered nearby and taken in. Sexual tensions lead to dangerous rivalries as the women tend to his wounds and offer him shelter and companionship. Starring Kirsten Dunst, Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning and Colin Farrell.